Copyright: Copyright © Martin Cetkovsky 1998 - 2003 - http:
Citation: McSoftware Contacts Help - Copyright © Martin Cetkovsky 1998 - 2003 - http:


McSoftware Contacts

Program McSoftware Contacts is determined to manage contact personal information.

Features:

- Multi database support.

- Show database as table function.

- Two search methods: text search and database query.

- Database print – Rows choice for print is possible manually or by use the query.

- Print Templates support.

- Original menu style.

- Localization support – now Czech and English

- and more other features

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File menu

Edit menu

View menu

Record menu

Tools menu

Help menu

Options

What is new?

Copyright © Martin Cetkovsky 1998 - 2003

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Last update: Sunday, 09 March 2003


File menu

New…

Create a new database file. Choose the new file’s name in the dialog box.

Open…

Open an existing database. Choose the file in the dialog box.

Save

Save the current database.

Save As…

Save the current database to another file.

Import / Export…

Import or export database to another version.

Print…

Start the Print Database Wizard.

Print Setup…

Show Print Setup dialog box.

Recent Files

List of the last opened files.

Exit

Exit the application.

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Edit menu

View menu

Record menu

Tools menu

Help menu


Edit menu

Undo

Undo the last action (with text only).

Cut

Move the selected text into the clipboard.

Copy

Copy the selected text into the clipboard.

Paste

Paste contents of the clipboard

Find…

Find the text in the database. The dialog will be shown.

Find Next

Find the next text in the database. The dialog will not be shown.

Query…

Find in the database using the Query.

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File menu

View menu

Record menu

Tools menu

Help menu


View menu

Toolbar

Show or hide the main toolbar (at the top of the main window).

Navigation Bar

Show or hide the navigation bar (at the bottom of the main window).

Status Bar

Show or hide the status bar  (at the bottom of the main window).

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File menu

Edit menu

Record menu

Tools menu

Help menu


Record menu

First

Move to the first record in the database.

Previous

Move to the previous record in the database.

Next

Move to the next record in the database.

Last

Move to the last record in the database.

New

Add a new record into the database.

Save

Save the current record.

Delete

Delete current record from the database.

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File menu

Edit menu

View menu

Help menu


Tools menu

Show Grid

Show the database as a grid.

Sort Database…

Alphabetically sorts fields in the database using multiple conditions. To apply changes save the database after the sort process.

Language

Switch between program languages. Now the Czech and English are supported.

Options…

Show the program options dialog.

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File menu

Edit menu

View menu

Record menu

Help menu


Help menu

Help topics

Show the help contents for the program.

Topic Search

Search for the help topic.

What's new

Show What is new help topic.

Update…

Show the program's website to download the newest version of the program.

Register…

Show the registration dialog. Unregistered version only.

Unregister…

Unregister the program. Registered version only.

About…

Show the About dialog.

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File menu

Edit menu

View menu

Record menu

Tools menu


Database Query

Toolbar

New – Clear current query definition

Open – Load query definition from a file

Save as – Save query definition to a file

Operation

And – all the conditions have to be true.

Or – at least one condition has to be true.

Item

Select the item (col) from the database, which you want to check.

Special items are:

--any--

Any of the rows/records do not have to fulfil the comparison.

--every--

All of the rows/records have to fulfil the comparison.

--at least one--

At least one of the rows/records has to fulfil the comparison.

Comparison

The comparison operator with the item.

contain

If the Item contain the Text, the comparison will be true.

doesn‘t contain

If the Item does not contain the Text, the comparison will be true.

is

If the Item is the Text, the comparison will be true.

isn‘t

If the Item is not the Text, the comparison will be true.

C

If checked, the comparison will be case sensitive.

Text

The text for the compare.

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Print Wizard – Rows (Step 1)

Edit menu


Print Wizard - Rows (Step 1)
Print Wizard – Rows (Step 1)

There are two ways to select rows for print. When you are done, click Next Step button for continues. If you want to cancel the print wizard, click Cancel Print button.

Manual

Choose Rows tab and manually select rows for print.

Query

Choose Query tab and set the query for selection. Than click Process Query button.

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Query

Template (Step 2)

Preview (Step 3)

Print Template

Options window – Print Tab


Print Wizard - Template (Step 2)
Print Wizard – Template (Step 2)

There are two ways how to select design of the print output. When you are done click Next Step for continues. If you want to cancel the print wizard, click Cancel Print button.

Basic

Manually select cols to print.

User

Write your own template for print.

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Rows (Step 1)

Preview (Step 3)

Print Template

Options window – Print Tab


Print Wizard - Preview (Step 3)
Print Wizard – Preview (Step 3)

Wait until the program prepares the preview and than click Print button. When the print is done or if you want to cancel the print wizard, click Cancel Print button.

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Rows (Step 1)

Template (Step 2)

Print Template

Options window – Print Tab


Template - part of the Print Wizard
Template – part of the Print Wizard

Click right mouse button on the template text box to popup the menu. Function of the menu items are very similar as the main program menu items.

Bold, Italic, Underline

Mark selected text as bold, italic or underline.

Font Size

Replace selected text with the Font Size mark. If you click on the button, the last font size will be used, if you click on the arrow, the popup menu will be displayed.

Cols

If you double click or press Enter on the list on the left, the mark for the selected cols will be added.

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Rows (Step 1)

Template (Step 2)

Preview (Step 3)

Options window – Print Tab


Options window

General tab

The general program options

Print tab

The print options

OK button

Save the options and close the dialog

Apply button

Save the options without closing the dialog

Close button

Close the dialog without saving the options.

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General Tab

Print Tab


Options window - General Tab

Load Database At Startup

Choose database, which you want to load at program start

Active Tab At Startup

Tab that will be visible when the program start

Menu Style

Choose between New Style (as in the Windows)

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Options

Print Tab


Options window - Print Tab
Options window – Print tab

Default User Template

File that will be loaded as a template after the program start.

Default Print Style

You prefer Basic (manually select cols) or User (define your own template)

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Options

General Tab

Rows (Step 1)

Template (Step 2)

Preview (Step 3)

Print Template


Registration

Get Registration Code (Step 1)

Visit website http://www.alikuvkoutek.cz/mcsoftware.php and fill in the registration form. The registration is free without any cost.

Receive Registration Code (Step 2)

Wait until you receive your unique Registration Code.

Register the program (Step 3)

Choose Register from Help menu in the main program window and type the information in the text boxes at the bottom of the showed dialog. Note that the information is case sensitive. Then click Register button to process the registration.


What is new?

Annotation:

Added

Changed

Removed

Version 2.6.0.26 (09.03.2003)

* Fixed problem in New Database function

Version 2.6.0.25 (06.02.2003)

* Added Microsoft Windows XP Theme support

* Fields in the database can be alphabetically sorted (using multiple conditions)

* Removed Dial Number function

Version 2.5.4.23 (11.02.2002)

* Added support for saving and loading query from/to file.

* Import / Export: Source and destination database can be the same file

Version 2.5.3.22 (04.01.2002)

* Added Recent Files list (File menu) – you can easily reopen last 4 opened databases

* Dial Number – Program now offer you numbers from the current record (one row in the field is one item/number in the list)

* If the current record is not saved, the program will ask you to save it before continue

* Print Template now uses to indicate the place for text of the field (col) its "internal name" (for example [FIELD:SurName]), not the index in the fields list (for example [0]). Old template is converted automatically during loading the template.

* The text box for editing templates now shows vertical ScrollBars as well.

* The About… item in the Help menu has new ShortCut Ctr+Alt+A (the old one was in a conflict with Select All command)

Version 2.5 (03.12.2001)

* About dialog now show versions of some program files used by the program

* Some text changes

Version 2.5 (12.11.2001) Release Candidate 4

* Added Import / Export feature (File menu).

* Fixed bug – when you use shortcut, which links to the menu for Template, it will always raise the template menu item, although the Template Frame is not visible.

* Fixed bug – when resizing the main program window the Status Bar sometimes move above the Navigation Bar.

* Fixed bug in the database compatibility support. When there are some fields (cols) in the database, which current version of the program does not support, the List out of bounds error was raised.

* Some text changes.

Version 2.5 (31.10.2001) Release Candidate 3

* Fixed bug – one label has not been move when resizing and the ICQ fields have bad TabStop

* The database with the ICQ cols now cannot be opened in the previous version (RC2 as well).

* When opening the database from previous versions of the program, warning dialog is shown (changes in the ICQ fields will not be saved).

Version 2.5 (30.10.2001) Release Candidate 2

* The main program window is now resizable.

* Added ICQ number fields (cols).

* Fixed some bugs in localization.

Version 2.5 (08.10.2001) PRERELEASE

* Added localization support – now Czech and English

* Some improvements

Version 2.5 (12.09.2001) BETA

* Added Show Table item into the Tools menu

* Added program‘s help

* Added "Update" and "What's new" commands into the Help menu

* Fixed bug - when the application is closed and the Find dialog is shown, the program crash and occupies all system resources

* Fixed bug - when the registration form is shown and the unregistered version window will show, the error may occurred.)

* Fixed bug in setup information (URL link file)

* "Contents" command in the Help menu renamed to "Help Topics"

* ChangeLog.txt is now a part of the help file (What is new?)

* Changed some texts

* Removed "How To Use Help" command from the Help menu

Version 2.5 (28.08.2001) BETA

* Added Out of memory error into the database engine

* Added operator (and, or) support in the Query

* Some improvements

* Fixed bug in the database engine - error when saving text (or row) longer than 256 chars

* Fixed bug database print

* Fixed bug in Find (Basic)

Version 2.5 (21.08.2001) BETA

* No information available

Version 2.5 (10.08.2001) BETA

* First public release

* Based on McSoftware Telefonni adresar 2.0, but completely rewritten